Third Piano Concerto

Instrumentation

pf Solo,3(picc)23(bcl)2 4231,t,p(3),hp,str

Year

1983

Duration

26:30

At its premiere, the concerto was hailed as "the most original for the piano since Bartok. " "the most original for the piano since Bartok. " "The work is like a huge piano piece in which the orchestra supplies an extension of the instrument's timbres and dynamics. It's energetic, packed with ideas, exhilarating. There's a vigorous firstmovement; a highly developed slow movement with beautiful sonorities (the orchestra has a more nearly independent role), eloquent lines, and powerful harmonies; and a trenchant finale."Andrew Porter, The New Yorker